Improvement in cotton, hay, and hemp-presses



alfdtatr @anni @Wire l WILLIAM u'. MonRIsg'oF TROY, rnnnifissnn.,

Leners', Puma No. 103,356, 1a-mz May' 24, 1 s To.

IMPRQVBMENT IN COTTON, HAY, AND Hemp-PRESSES.

*omehe Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part ofthe `same y 1, WILLIAM H. MORRIS, ot' Troy, in the county of Obion andState of 'lennessce, 4have invent-ed certain Improvements inGotton,`Hay, and Hemp-Presses, of which the follonilreg` 'isaspecification.

`Nature mul Objects of flic Invention. My invention is a cotton, hay,and hemp-press, the

object of which is reduced friction and increased leverage.; andcousstsof sixupright posts, securely mortised, with a movable or slidingbottom, raised and lowered hy means'of' ratchet-bars and two levers. asmore fully described in the following general dese-ription.

Description of the .Aeconqlanyng Drau-ings. y Figure 1 is a front Viewofthe press embodying my invention, and shows the working of thecross-beam or movable bottom, in connection with lthe ratehetbars andlevers, as also the door.

Figure 2`is a sdc'view'of the same. l l General Description.

The press consists of three upright posts, A, at each end, about sixinches apart, mortised into a base., B, and the cross-beam G on top,leaving a groove on each side of the'center post forthe bottom orcross-beam D to pass up and down, in connectionwith the ratchetbars a aand the levers I) b.

On each sido of the press, nea,r the top, is al door, E, secured by ahinge-bar, c.

"lhe topd of, the` pressV is`made so that it can he taken outafter thepress has been lled, in order that more may be put in after the doorsare closed.

On the top ot' the.v press, over the center, is a crossbeam, F,projecting over, through the ends of which pass the ratchet-bars a,attached to the bottom or movable beam D below, and secured on top bymeans -of two blocks, c e, each containing a pawlh'f, in front,

which works into. the notchesv ofthe ratchet-bars, and in the rear aroller, g.

The pawl strikes the ratchet-bar just above the center of the roller, sothat, when the poweristaken off one and thrown on the other, the rollerwill turn and relieve the pressure or friction. y lTo cach pawl a smallpin, h, is attached, Vby which it can be raised to permit-the loweringof the. ratchetbars.

On each of the ratchetbars is a similar block, i,

connected with the upper blocks by means of two clevses, l.'- r, andthe. levers l), which raise the crossbeam D.

The press can be sunk into the ground to whatever distance may be deemednecessary to steady it.

Claim.

I claim as my invention- ,llle combinationof the cross-beam F with theratchet-bars a a, bloeksc c, provided with pawls f havingl handles hyattached thereto, friction-rollers g g, and the clevises k f, operatedby the levers l), when all constructed, arranged, and operating asherein described',a nd for the purpose set forth.

v W. H. MORRIS. Witnesses: J. G. SMITH,

J. M. KING.

